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between india and pakistan. u.s. pakistan relations. in many ways this is the preeminent dialogue that determines everything else in that region in many ways. it is also the dialogue that has an impact on civil military relations and pakistan. my fear is that just as there was once. there may be another. then what will happen? will it be the road again? and what if who we irresponsible remarks of the indian side as we saw recently by the indian army chief and, if the americans can do it so can we. but, of course the americans can. but then of course you can't. the a proper response was given not to the americans but pakistan military but to the indians which has created another problem. intelligence told parliament that if india were to undertake any such venture regardless of whether we knew that there were doing it all we found a later we had already earmarked targets and time rehearsals and exercises in the way in which we will kickback. of course parliament caravan. so those are the issues right now. could news and bad news. thank y
between india and pakistan. u.s. pakistan relations. in many ways this is the preeminent dialogue that determines everything else in that region in many ways. it is also the dialogue that has an impact on civil military relations and pakistan. my fear is that just as there was once. there may be another. then what will happen? will it be the road again? and what if who we irresponsible remarks of the indian side as we saw recently by the indian army chief and, if the americans can do it so can...
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that is certainly a feudal aspect of pakistan. in pakistan, you need protection. you need protection against your neighbors. you need protection against the police. you need protection against the courts who may be used by your neighbors against you. you need powerful protection. even when there is not genuine kinship, you have artificial kinship groups or faction for the sake of protection against all the predatory forces in which you're surrounded. quickly, this is quite a gallop being left out, but there is a balance, and, of course, it is dominant in pakistan, and they have 60% of the population, 75% or so of industry and so forth, but it is a very ambiguous province and when they talk about the establishment, it's something which is only quite a small chunk of even the wealthy, by even in pakistan, there is more similarity perhaps to india than immediately meets the eye in the term the establishment cannot dictate. there is often element of compromise. the classic example of this is the dam held out by pashtuns. the dam was talked about 60 years ago. three de
that is certainly a feudal aspect of pakistan. in pakistan, you need protection. you need protection against your neighbors. you need protection against the police. you need protection against the courts who may be used by your neighbors against you. you need powerful protection. even when there is not genuine kinship, you have artificial kinship groups or faction for the sake of protection against all the predatory forces in which you're surrounded. quickly, this is quite a gallop being left...
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he was on his way to pakistan, his first trip as your special representative to afghanistan and pakistan. imagine his surprise that he didn't even know that you would be speaking at the asia society. and it wasn't because he had twisted your arm. he was very proud of the fact that your office had reached out to us without his prodding as it was always the case before then. at that point i knew that we could actually go on without richard being our leader. much has happened since that first speech that you gave here, secretary clinton. ambassador holbrooke is no longer with us, and we feel his loss acutely every day. in your tenure so far in this two years, you've made it very clear that asia is central to the obama administration's foreign policy. we also know that now as of late january you are the most-traveled secretary of state. out of that we also know that you have traveled to asia eight times in two years. that is more than most secretaries of state. your articulation of smart power as the basis of foreign policy has meant that nontraditional issues such as women's rights, educati
he was on his way to pakistan, his first trip as your special representative to afghanistan and pakistan. imagine his surprise that he didn't even know that you would be speaking at the asia society. and it wasn't because he had twisted your arm. he was very proud of the fact that your office had reached out to us without his prodding as it was always the case before then. at that point i knew that we could actually go on without richard being our leader. much has happened since that first...
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it's possible that saudi arabia would pay pakistan to have pakistan park some of its nuclear weapons in saudi saudi arabia as a deterrence to iran, and that would fuse together the crisis in south asia with the crisis in the middle east so that, you know, shiite iran and israel are fused together in a web work of crisis with muslim pakistan and largely hindu india, so that's one outcome. you would have, you know, iran is building a big port on -- near to the entrance of the persian gulf. they are paying afghanistan to build roads linking it with iran so they are more dependent on iran. india wants to buy more and more hydrocarbons from iran to use that as a hedge against pakistan. once there's nuclear weapons in this area, it's more frightfully insecure, but let me say that an iran with a few tactical nuclear weapons of uncertain quality with an uncertain delivery system with an early warning system that could be penetrated at will by israel or the united states might theoretically be containable, even a nuclear iran that is, so i'm not here advocating a strike against iran, but it w
it's possible that saudi arabia would pay pakistan to have pakistan park some of its nuclear weapons in saudi saudi arabia as a deterrence to iran, and that would fuse together the crisis in south asia with the crisis in the middle east so that, you know, shiite iran and israel are fused together in a web work of crisis with muslim pakistan and largely hindu india, so that's one outcome. you would have, you know, iran is building a big port on -- near to the entrance of the persian gulf. they...
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carved from british india in 1947 with two wings, west pakistan and east pakistan. they suffered from identity crisis from inception. the location brought the new country under the folds of the u.s. cold war umbrella. instead of being at an advantage, it had the effect of freezing afghanistan and pakistan into a special military relationship that discouraged the nation's democracy and development while at the same time encouraging a radical movement that threatens to tear both afghanistan and pakistan apart. the current afghanistan-pakistan crisis is traced back to the 19th empleg ri when the brettish led army led them to the pass and forced the petition of afghanistan into the north and south. the drawing of the duran line in 1893 was intended to guarantee british control east of the hindu kush and proved to be a political jail and source of constant conflict until the creation of pakistan in 1947. pakistan's humiliating defeat in the 1971 war against east pakistan continues to hant pan stack's predominantly panjabis establishment. the conflict transformed into a w
carved from british india in 1947 with two wings, west pakistan and east pakistan. they suffered from identity crisis from inception. the location brought the new country under the folds of the u.s. cold war umbrella. instead of being at an advantage, it had the effect of freezing afghanistan and pakistan into a special military relationship that discouraged the nation's democracy and development while at the same time encouraging a radical movement that threatens to tear both afghanistan and...
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pakistan of course being split between east and west pakistan at that point in time. east pakistan would break off with bangladesh in 1971. the important point is that in 1947 what happened was the assumption of older material responsibility that the british held was increasingly taken over by the united states pixel in the 1950s the united states becomes increasingly involved in afghanistan food aid, and through the 1960s that aid it becomes kind of competition with soviet aid which is coming in from the north. so through the '50s and '60s there's a kind of friendly cold war rivalry which afghanistan benefited from in many ways by skillfully playing these too often each other. now pc things changed in 1978 with the overthrow of the afghan monarchy and the assumption of power. at this point in time, afghanistan goes over to the wrong side so the u.s. takes a hostile posture which becomes even more hostile with the soviet invasion in 1979. during the soviet occupation, the united states supplied and supported the anti-soviet mujahedin as they call themselves who waged
pakistan of course being split between east and west pakistan at that point in time. east pakistan would break off with bangladesh in 1971. the important point is that in 1947 what happened was the assumption of older material responsibility that the british held was increasingly taken over by the united states pixel in the 1950s the united states becomes increasingly involved in afghanistan food aid, and through the 1960s that aid it becomes kind of competition with soviet aid which is coming...
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the united states -- to is pakistan china moved in. it is very good for the united states that india is involved in burma not. there can be one balancing power essentially protecting in directly protecting our interests in burma. a country like sri lanka becomes incredibly important in this new world where you have indy and china balancing against each other. we are the only asian power that doesn't have territorial pretensions on the asian mainland. so that the united states essentially needs to leverage like-minded democratic others in india and indonesia in south corey and japan. all the places where president obama is currently visiting in order to manage the rise of china in a peaceful way. the other thing i would like to mention is taiwan. there are 270 commercial flights a week between taiwan and mainland china. at the same time there are many hundreds of missiles from china focused on taiwan. china is gradually inexorably in developing tie one. into its system so to speak. if things keep going as they are going china will never
the united states -- to is pakistan china moved in. it is very good for the united states that india is involved in burma not. there can be one balancing power essentially protecting in directly protecting our interests in burma. a country like sri lanka becomes incredibly important in this new world where you have indy and china balancing against each other. we are the only asian power that doesn't have territorial pretensions on the asian mainland. so that the united states essentially needs...
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rule of law in pakistan. and it was not u.s. pressure that returns the justice to his chair. it was a movement, a popular mood in pakistan that led to the justice's reinstatement. we heard recently that more than 70% of the 20 billion u.s. dollars that have been given to pakistan since september 11 have gone to the military, and we've heard this morning that it's unclear what the military has done with that. it's also unclear what has happened to the other 30%. that $6 billion over the last 10 years. and i also like to put that figure to perspective, it sounds like you a lot of money but it should be noted that the pakistani american community contributes an estimated $1 billion annually in cash, another 4 billion annually in labor to philanthropic activities. the second point, the people of pakistan should not be punished for the failings of their government. the military and intelligence agencies in pakistan has repeatedly undermined and overthrown civilian governments in pakistan. and the people of pakista
rule of law in pakistan. and it was not u.s. pressure that returns the justice to his chair. it was a movement, a popular mood in pakistan that led to the justice's reinstatement. we heard recently that more than 70% of the 20 billion u.s. dollars that have been given to pakistan since september 11 have gone to the military, and we've heard this morning that it's unclear what the military has done with that. it's also unclear what has happened to the other 30%. that $6 billion over the last 10...
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the largest asia, pakistan, bangladesh and indonesia. so i would like to start with islam and then get a bit of the history of islam and then move on from there quickly to actual instances of what i think is important. otherwise he can keep a good game from the koran. we can keep on sword as siding and counter citing from history but not her sister packed just a certain religion. if i may say so and i am not making this. in practice today, islam is much more forgiving. really. i mean come the state of texas has executed, simon and refused in spite of that please visit times. so it's practiced in the end. so a right to start with the source of the koran and the main source of coors is the holy book of the koran. and you know, we can keep on, as i said scouting and counter citing, but there's enough inerrancy cms, which can be easily seized upon and used that anyone who wishes to follow the path of tolerance, nine planets, reconciliation. the most famous conan the koran to make dealing with religion is that once that can. there is no compa
the largest asia, pakistan, bangladesh and indonesia. so i would like to start with islam and then get a bit of the history of islam and then move on from there quickly to actual instances of what i think is important. otherwise he can keep a good game from the koran. we can keep on sword as siding and counter citing from history but not her sister packed just a certain religion. if i may say so and i am not making this. in practice today, islam is much more forgiving. really. i mean come the...
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pakistan will be a more confident and secure pakistan and in my view is stable and secure pakistan can help create a stable salvation and the safer united states. thank you. >> thank you, mr. nawaz. i want to thank each of the members of the distinguished panel for your testimony. are facing a very difficult circumstance and not with god some hearings that we've got a tan in a classified p.m., which is now untold going to be followed by a series of votes. and so in recognition of what that significant delay would mean an out of respect are your time as well, under the money going to limit the questioning to myself, the ranking member and for some looted questions now perhaps at some point in time we have the agreement of the committee and we can follow up again on this very, very important topic with you with panelists because i think there is some significant questioning that can be done. i thank you for your preparation and i hope we can do more to follow up on it. allow me for a moment to begin. at this point in time he made a comment about not dealing with the taliban. am i correct
pakistan will be a more confident and secure pakistan and in my view is stable and secure pakistan can help create a stable salvation and the safer united states. thank you. >> thank you, mr. nawaz. i want to thank each of the members of the distinguished panel for your testimony. are facing a very difficult circumstance and not with god some hearings that we've got a tan in a classified p.m., which is now untold going to be followed by a series of votes. and so in recognition of what...
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in pakistan they're not. in the outer world they do not exist that i could find in my research in large enough communities to be visible, but they do exist in south asia, southeast asia. they claim to be in the millions, it's hard to know. they have a presence here in the u.s. historically among african-americans and among current day immigrants. there are places of worship, and as i said, you know, they are the most aboundly pacifist sect possible. the reason that they become controversial is that, as i said, he declared himself to be the second coming of christ which made them heretical in the eyes of a lot of muslims. but i have dealt with them in a couple of pages because i think it's important for people to know about them whether or not you agree or disagree with their doctrine. now, my south asian friends ask this question, this is only open to people not from south asia. how many people of these four can you recognize? my south asian friends, even they may or may not be able to recognize one. but can
in pakistan they're not. in the outer world they do not exist that i could find in my research in large enough communities to be visible, but they do exist in south asia, southeast asia. they claim to be in the millions, it's hard to know. they have a presence here in the u.s. historically among african-americans and among current day immigrants. there are places of worship, and as i said, you know, they are the most aboundly pacifist sect possible. the reason that they become controversial is...
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if it happens to be pakistan would be, if it happens to be other ports, so be it. as far as china is concerned, remember it's not just about dragons here. it's about competition. we have had the empires before an afghanistan now is no longer a cushion. it shouldn't be. it should be a conduit. and what we do and what we should say is a not then back off petition. we had those mandates that both the u.s. and others are trying to put together. but the best guy come in and take them. and it's pretty good at the east-west trade makes sense. it totally justifies the corridors of building and investing in him another south corridors that make hopefully just as much in places like india, southeast asia in general with trillions of dollars in trade potential would be a really good thing to happen. about the afghanistan infrastructure fund this concerned, if the private sector one and they put the money together turn a company or many, but we are doing so from primarily the public sector. the reasons for this is when we went to projects, public sector projects, we can charge
if it happens to be pakistan would be, if it happens to be other ports, so be it. as far as china is concerned, remember it's not just about dragons here. it's about competition. we have had the empires before an afghanistan now is no longer a cushion. it shouldn't be. it should be a conduit. and what we do and what we should say is a not then back off petition. we had those mandates that both the u.s. and others are trying to put together. but the best guy come in and take them. and it's...
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pakistan's humiliating defeat in its 1971 war against east pakistan continues to haunt pakistan's predominantly punjabi military establishment. begun as a protest for rights and economy, it transformed into a war with india and created the independent nation of bangladesh. following the war against the soviet union in the 180s, pakistan used used the mujahided subsequently the taliban to settle o old scores, but pakistan's military continues to fear a direct confrontation with the pashtun tribes on its western border. this fear makes pakistan's relationship with the taliban convoluted and volatile and, perhaps, unreso far bl. -- unresolvable. making token attacks on those taliban that do not seven its interesting, although even in this pack stab's -- pakistan's commitment is not what it seems. while mostly reserving its high-tech weapons given to it by the united states for a potential war with india, pakistan's military sets the poorly-trained and poorly-equipped pashtun frontier corps against the punjabi taliban setting up their own pashtun-controlled punjabi taliban among the disillusioned y
pakistan's humiliating defeat in its 1971 war against east pakistan continues to haunt pakistan's predominantly punjabi military establishment. begun as a protest for rights and economy, it transformed into a war with india and created the independent nation of bangladesh. following the war against the soviet union in the 180s, pakistan used used the mujahided subsequently the taliban to settle o old scores, but pakistan's military continues to fear a direct confrontation with the pashtun...
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we're here to talk about pakistan and the u.s.-pakistan relationship. we have to of the top and was here in washington with us. it's going to be a terrific session. just human rights is bruce riedel, at the brookings institute. we don't hold that against him though. is the author of a recent terrific book on pakistan called deadly embrace. bruce is the longest in which career in government and he was famously led president obama's afpak review in 2009. bruce, thank you for being here. tone is the chair and strategy at cia -- csis. is by the most prolific and well-known scholar. tony has also a long and established career in government. in may he authored a report looking at national net assessment on pakistani entries way back from afghanistan as well. tony one the coin toss. he will speak first for 15 minutes. bruce will fall and then we will have a conversation among the three of us and open it up to questions from the audience. tony, please, the floor is you yours. >> good afternoon. if i may apologize in advance. i am going to use powerpoint occasio
we're here to talk about pakistan and the u.s.-pakistan relationship. we have to of the top and was here in washington with us. it's going to be a terrific session. just human rights is bruce riedel, at the brookings institute. we don't hold that against him though. is the author of a recent terrific book on pakistan called deadly embrace. bruce is the longest in which career in government and he was famously led president obama's afpak review in 2009. bruce, thank you for being here. tone is...
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if it happens to be pakistan would be, if it happens to be other ports, so be it. as far as china is concerned, remember it's not just about dragons here. it's about competition. we have had the empires before an afghanistan now is no longer a cushion. it shouldn't be. it should be a conduit. and what we do and what we should say is a not then back off petition. we had those mandates that both the u.s. and others are trying to put together. but the best guy come in and take them. and it's pretty good at the east-west trade makes sense. it totally justifies the corridors of building and investing in him another south corridors that make hopefully just as much in places like india, southeast asia in general with trillions of dollars in trade potential would be a really good thing to happen. about the afghanistan infrastructure fund this concerned, if the private sector one and they put the money together turn a company or many, but we are doing so from primarily the public sector. the reasons for this is when we went to projects, public sector projects, we can charge
if it happens to be pakistan would be, if it happens to be other ports, so be it. as far as china is concerned, remember it's not just about dragons here. it's about competition. we have had the empires before an afghanistan now is no longer a cushion. it shouldn't be. it should be a conduit. and what we do and what we should say is a not then back off petition. we had those mandates that both the u.s. and others are trying to put together. but the best guy come in and take them. and it's...
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another concentration is in current-day pakistan, pakistan punjab. again, let's come to a state in the southwest of india which is about 25% muslims, the highest number of muslims in the india proper. again, it was arab traders who came there and spread islam. quite remarkable this level of human development it has. way ahead of any other part of india. let's go to indonesia. sufi saints. africa, it was mainly merchants. now let's get to the arab world. over there it was trickier, i must admit. so the arabs did conquer a large portion of the middle east in a remarkable span of time. there is no denying that. however, scholars point out that the empires they defeated were already completely decaying. it was the byzantine empire and the persian empire. these were the main ones they defeated. they were already from decaying from within, atrophying, it was very easy for the arabs to defeat them. and this may sound totally weird, but in egypt, for example, many of the bishops actually collaborate with the the invaders against their own overlords they were
another concentration is in current-day pakistan, pakistan punjab. again, let's come to a state in the southwest of india which is about 25% muslims, the highest number of muslims in the india proper. again, it was arab traders who came there and spread islam. quite remarkable this level of human development it has. way ahead of any other part of india. let's go to indonesia. sufi saints. africa, it was mainly merchants. now let's get to the arab world. over there it was trickier, i must admit....
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taliban is in pakistan. anyway. the second thing, more surprising, actually, and this indicates -- the success of the military campaign -- that unlike the growing impression of a few year back up to the spring of 2009 the pakistani army is capable of defeating insurgency in some areas, containing it and at least to some extent rolling it back. in other words, the idea that pakistan is going to be overthrown by a spreading insurgency is wrong. that's not going to happen. the second -- and, actually, i always expected that as soon as the army pulled itself together, motivateed its troops, got sufficient political backing. perhaps more striking is the reconstruction in swat has proceeded very well. admittedly, this is only one district, but it is a district which after having been badly damaged by the fighting in the 2009 was then even more damaged, of course, by the floods of last year. and the reconstruction after both of these episodes has been impressive. in terms of the restoration of infrastructure, the a
taliban is in pakistan. anyway. the second thing, more surprising, actually, and this indicates -- the success of the military campaign -- that unlike the growing impression of a few year back up to the spring of 2009 the pakistani army is capable of defeating insurgency in some areas, containing it and at least to some extent rolling it back. in other words, the idea that pakistan is going to be overthrown by a spreading insurgency is wrong. that's not going to happen. the second -- and,...
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i also wanted to ask the role of pakistan. pakistan is a key regional actor in central asia. right now our relationship with pakistan is complicated. pakistan is obviously an important player in terms of regional stability in central asia. can you describe the -- how the pressler amendment has affected our relationship with pakistan? and how do you feel the united states needs to interact currently with pakistan and in the future? how do you feel we should use the aid as a weapon of influence based on the current relationship that we have now with pakistan? >> yeah, thank you, senator. i think pakistan is an enormously important country in the central command area of operations. in fact, when i was the acting commander, i considered it to be among probably the top one or two countries to be addressed. and we've had as you described it yourself, a very complex relationship with them. i think it's one we need to stick with. and to your point about the pressler amendment. that was a period in our history where we made a determination that we had such stark differences with pakis
i also wanted to ask the role of pakistan. pakistan is a key regional actor in central asia. right now our relationship with pakistan is complicated. pakistan is obviously an important player in terms of regional stability in central asia. can you describe the -- how the pressler amendment has affected our relationship with pakistan? and how do you feel the united states needs to interact currently with pakistan and in the future? how do you feel we should use the aid as a weapon of influence...
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his first tour in the foreign service was in pakistan. he knows our allies and understands how to mobilize common action to meet shared challenges. he played a crucial role in the dayton talks, and richard described him in a book that richard wrote as one of the most outstanding career diplomats. ambassador grossman has followed in richard's shoes before when he was secretary of state of european affairs in the 1990s. i'm confident in his ability to hit the ground running. now, ambassador grossman and his team will martial the full range of resources to support responsible afghan led reconciliation bringing the congress flick to a peaceful conclusion a into actively engage in states in the region and international community to advance that process. as i said, important ground work has already been laid by richard and his team and by the afghans themselves. many low level fighters enter the insurgency not because of ideological commitment, but because they were following the promise of a paycheck. in london last year, the international com
his first tour in the foreign service was in pakistan. he knows our allies and understands how to mobilize common action to meet shared challenges. he played a crucial role in the dayton talks, and richard described him in a book that richard wrote as one of the most outstanding career diplomats. ambassador grossman has followed in richard's shoes before when he was secretary of state of european affairs in the 1990s. i'm confident in his ability to hit the ground running. now, ambassador...
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we work on pakistan because of pakistan itself, because of pakistan's importance to the world, to stability in south asia one of the most dangerous and explosive parts of the world, and in an effort to help the pakistanis with the massive set of internal problems in which they legitimately should get the support of many other countries. all of this i would have said before, but the floods are simply unimaginable to those of you who have seen it only on television. we have all seen floods on television and at first the world under reacted. floods in asia was an old headline, but this was not just another flood. an area larger than italy went underwater, imposed on an american map that would stretch from the canadian border to florida. although death were far less than the tsunami and in haiti as foreign minister said, the total affected area and the people affected far exceeded that, and we have just come back from brussels with a damage needs assessment from the world bank and the asian development bank that simply to replace what has been lost will cost almost $10 billion. that is over and
we work on pakistan because of pakistan itself, because of pakistan's importance to the world, to stability in south asia one of the most dangerous and explosive parts of the world, and in an effort to help the pakistanis with the massive set of internal problems in which they legitimately should get the support of many other countries. all of this i would have said before, but the floods are simply unimaginable to those of you who have seen it only on television. we have all seen floods on...
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pakistan. a democratic timebomb is ticking with the median age of about 20 years, roughly 60 million use are a population of 180 million between 16 and 25 and are largely illiterate and unemployed. they live in a state that has spawned unbridled to craddick behavior among its leaders. while attention has been focused on the u.s.-pakistan relationship, the greatest influence on the rise of terrorism in pakistan is the lack of governance. the country faces an economic crisis due in part to global shots, but to a larger extent the ineptitude of reforms. the external shocks to the economy and policy hope create the perfect backdrop to the violent culture of terrorism in pakistan. countering the insurgency that inhabit pakistan today is the huge task for which pakistan has largely relied on military force. in the past, the army has changed his training regiment to focus on counterinsurgency, but still doesn't have relationship between counterinsurgency and counterterrorism in mind as the streaking c
pakistan. a democratic timebomb is ticking with the median age of about 20 years, roughly 60 million use are a population of 180 million between 16 and 25 and are largely illiterate and unemployed. they live in a state that has spawned unbridled to craddick behavior among its leaders. while attention has been focused on the u.s.-pakistan relationship, the greatest influence on the rise of terrorism in pakistan is the lack of governance. the country faces an economic crisis due in part to global...
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therefore, i regard can we trust pakistan cannot trust pakistan, i don't know what to do with it. because i see our country as having decisions, and i think this is not a realist or an idealist position. this is simply the way we have played the cards that have led us here. can we do this and get pakistan to stop undermining india and get india to start undermining pakistan? that, we don't know how to do. and one of the problems is when you meet your foreign policy that ambitious, that i don't simply want to get out -- >> host: the failure are much, much higher -- >> guest: and you leave yourself in afghanistan. then for the moment having those on hundred 50,000 troops out, i'm not particularly interested in the national interest of the united states, what kind of government there is in kabul, and i want to see the united states more balanced and able to respond to the russian invasion of georgia and the things of that sort, so i want to balance the foreign policy. afghanistan creates an unbalanced foreign policy and my question is how to rebalance it and there is an ugly price to
therefore, i regard can we trust pakistan cannot trust pakistan, i don't know what to do with it. because i see our country as having decisions, and i think this is not a realist or an idealist position. this is simply the way we have played the cards that have led us here. can we do this and get pakistan to stop undermining india and get india to start undermining pakistan? that, we don't know how to do. and one of the problems is when you meet your foreign policy that ambitious, that i don't...
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if it happens to be pakistan would be, if it happens to be other ports, so be it. as far as china is concerned, remember it's not just about dragons here. it's about competition. we have had the empires before an afghanistan now is no longer a cushion. it shouldn't be. it should be a conduit. and what we do and what we should say is a not then back off petition. we had those mandates that both the u.s. and others are trying to put together. but the best guy come in and take them. and it's pretty good at the east-west trade makes sense. it totally justifies the corridors of building and investing in him another south corridors that make hopefully just as much in places like india, southeast asia in general with trillions of dollars in trade potential would be a really good thing to happen. about the afghanistan infrastructure fund this concerned, if the private sector one and they put the money together turn a company or many, but we are doing so from primarily the public sector. the reasons for this is when we went to projects, public sector projects, we can charge
if it happens to be pakistan would be, if it happens to be other ports, so be it. as far as china is concerned, remember it's not just about dragons here. it's about competition. we have had the empires before an afghanistan now is no longer a cushion. it shouldn't be. it should be a conduit. and what we do and what we should say is a not then back off petition. we had those mandates that both the u.s. and others are trying to put together. but the best guy come in and take them. and it's...
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pakistan and east pakistan. the country suffered from an identity crisis from its inception. pack pakistan's location brought the country under the folds of the u.s. cold war umbrella, but rather than putting them at an advantage, we had the embrace of freezing afghanistan and pakistan into a special military relationship that discouraged the nation's demockization and development while at the same time encouraging a radical pan islamic movement threatening to tear afghanistan and pakistan apart. the current afghanistan-pakistan crisis is traced back to the 19th century when the british led army forced the petition of afghanistan into north and south. the drawing of the line by england's foreign secretary for india in 1893 was intended to guarantee british control of the territory east of the hindu kush, but proved to be political prison until the creation of the state of pakistan in 1947. pakistan's humiliating defeat in its 1971 war against east pakistan continues to hant the predominantly panjabis development
pakistan and east pakistan. the country suffered from an identity crisis from its inception. pack pakistan's location brought the country under the folds of the u.s. cold war umbrella, but rather than putting them at an advantage, we had the embrace of freezing afghanistan and pakistan into a special military relationship that discouraged the nation's demockization and development while at the same time encouraging a radical pan islamic movement threatening to tear afghanistan and pakistan...
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pakistan. and what came out of that was a collection of scholarly essays called the bellagio papers, and i believe you have a handout outside, a brief rundown on this project. the project really looked at this idea of where pakistan is headed and what kind of variables we need to worry about as we look into the future. the project involved conducting research and economic activities on pakistan, but once we had the findings from the project, steve and i got talking about the subject a bit more, and we thought that there was a need to initiate or systematic research-driven debate on the medium to long-term future of pakistan, and that's what has brought us here today. we're going to cover three aspects through the afternoon. the first panel is going to look at the variables and factors which will be key in determining what direction pakistan take. the second one, panelists will talk about various potential futures of pakistan, and the third one will hone in on the policy implications, both for t
pakistan. and what came out of that was a collection of scholarly essays called the bellagio papers, and i believe you have a handout outside, a brief rundown on this project. the project really looked at this idea of where pakistan is headed and what kind of variables we need to worry about as we look into the future. the project involved conducting research and economic activities on pakistan, but once we had the findings from the project, steve and i got talking about the subject a bit more,...
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it's going to be pakistan that saves pakistan if pakistan is to be saved or watches as pakistan -- if pakistan is not saved. and i think we really have to be aware of what our mim -- our limitations are. we are help and make it easier for the members of the diaspora to send money and travel back and forth for freer exchange of people. this is going to be in the hands of pakistani there and here. very quickly on the drones, i agree. we need more transparency. i have often advocated for openly and above board double flag the drones. it is u.s.-pakistani endeavor. neither u.s. or pakistani officials have shown any appetite for that approach. >> thanks. let me just generally make two or three comments. one, i think this relationship basically can be summed up by the phrase duplicity for all. it's not pakistan, it's not the u.s. everything here is due police sit, and everybody is lying. i'm the biggest advocate for transparency. the problem is not only drones, everything that both sides are doing should be transparent. if there are things not in the country's own interest either u.s. or pa
it's going to be pakistan that saves pakistan if pakistan is to be saved or watches as pakistan -- if pakistan is not saved. and i think we really have to be aware of what our mim -- our limitations are. we are help and make it easier for the members of the diaspora to send money and travel back and forth for freer exchange of people. this is going to be in the hands of pakistani there and here. very quickly on the drones, i agree. we need more transparency. i have often advocated for openly...
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on the taliban they went to pakistan. there's a reason all of a sudden the groups are finding sanctuary there. either they are welcome or i don't know. the fact that the week before osama bin laden was killed the president of pakistan made a call over to hamid karzai and asked them to go to a long-term security arrangement pakistan and china not the united states of america that's not an ally. china is going to build a naval base. that's not an ally. when i look at this incident with osama bin laden it comes down to three things. you see the ignorance, incompetence and complicity. the sum of all those three is really bad. in that part of the world's very simple people understand one thing, strength. they don't understand compromise on negotiation or they definitely don't respect the peace deal. that is putting pressure on them not showing them that we are cutting you off. i wanted something simple plate over the media we don't need pakistan to be successful. as long as you continue to let them believe that you need them d
on the taliban they went to pakistan. there's a reason all of a sudden the groups are finding sanctuary there. either they are welcome or i don't know. the fact that the week before osama bin laden was killed the president of pakistan made a call over to hamid karzai and asked them to go to a long-term security arrangement pakistan and china not the united states of america that's not an ally. china is going to build a naval base. that's not an ally. when i look at this incident with osama bin...
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side with pakistan. i wanted to ask you is this something that he told you in your meetings? have you interpreted his comments in a broader question. are afghanistan and pakistan reliable allies? >> well, first of all, president karzai and i had a very productive meeting when i was in kabul last week. we are making progress on a lot of issues and we are coordinating closely on both fighting the insurgents and trying to test out this afghan-led reconciliation. so frankly when i heard about the comment we immediately asked ambassador crocker to go in and figure out what it meant, what the point of it was and the, and ambassador crocker, who you know is one of our most distinguished, experienced diplomats, reported back that he really believed that what karzai was talking about the long history of cooperation between afghanistan and pakistan. in particular the refuel that pakistan provided to millions of afghans who were crossing the border seeking safety during the soviet invasion, during the warlordism, d
side with pakistan. i wanted to ask you is this something that he told you in your meetings? have you interpreted his comments in a broader question. are afghanistan and pakistan reliable allies? >> well, first of all, president karzai and i had a very productive meeting when i was in kabul last week. we are making progress on a lot of issues and we are coordinating closely on both fighting the insurgents and trying to test out this afghan-led reconciliation. so frankly when i heard about...
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haqqani, taliban, dtp of pakistan is a taliban, tnsm of pakistan is taliban. his brother leading, now he's been killed, all of them are not in tandem with each other. in fact, many in afghanistan fight each other. so, therefore, it's not a monolith. so maybe we go back to 1989 where there'll be chaos, confusion and anarchy, everyone fighting each other. pakistan alone, again, fending for itself. so this was why, as i said, an antipathy against the united states. why is there a confidence and trust deficit between the united states and pakistan? which has got exacerbated all along, no trust at all in the last one and a half years, i think, finally leading to the action of osama bin laden which absolutely displays the lack of trust, lack of confidence between the two countries. very briefly, partially maybe it started back in be my time, in 2004 or '5 when i had a, i had a strategy of weaning the pashtun from the taliban, and, therefore, we started by addressing, putting together local jirgas, a tribal meeting of elders. thought we'd hold tribal jirgas and drew
haqqani, taliban, dtp of pakistan is a taliban, tnsm of pakistan is taliban. his brother leading, now he's been killed, all of them are not in tandem with each other. in fact, many in afghanistan fight each other. so, therefore, it's not a monolith. so maybe we go back to 1989 where there'll be chaos, confusion and anarchy, everyone fighting each other. pakistan alone, again, fending for itself. so this was why, as i said, an antipathy against the united states. why is there a confidence and...
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and pakistan? >> welcome again, those are allegations and we've asked the pakistani government to address those allegations in the past. there's a criminal -- brother there is a trial ongoing now that's aiming to answer some of those questions, but i don't want to get into it beyond that . >> i know there are allegations . the fbi has filed charges in the chicago court in which they have mentioned major iqbal who is a iqbal officer. >> i just meant -- there is a legal process under way and anything i say on here can obviously -- semidey know anything about -- >> is anyone from this building sitting in on the hearing? >> that is a good question. i will ask that. >> christoff how's his hands raised so i will go back to you . >> i want to know how we'd win this department learned -- did learn about his arrest and the state department has been involved in any way in the procedure? >> obviously, again i feel like i say this a fair amount appeared that this is an ongoing legal matter and i need to be som
and pakistan? >> welcome again, those are allegations and we've asked the pakistani government to address those allegations in the past. there's a criminal -- brother there is a trial ongoing now that's aiming to answer some of those questions, but i don't want to get into it beyond that . >> i know there are allegations . the fbi has filed charges in the chicago court in which they have mentioned major iqbal who is a iqbal officer. >> i just meant -- there is a legal process...
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it seems after the last week and everything that's been discussed in pakistan that it would be highly desirable to be in a position to withdraw as much as we can through the former soviet region including central asia and russia rather than having to go through pakistan. just very briefly on putin and medvedev, and i'm sure this will be a topic for more discussion during the questions. you know, we have at this point every reason to think that putin has been broadly supportive of medvedev's foreign policy approach if we can even call it medvedev's foreign policy approach and not a putin/medvedev approach or medvedev/putin approach. and if you look at the public statements that the two of them have made, i think there is relatively little difference in how they define russia's interests. at the same time, you know, putin clearly has a very different style. he may also give somewhat different weight to some russian interests versus others. and tipping the balance on some issues could make a difference to the united states. and finally, you know, it's very clear that after having already
it seems after the last week and everything that's been discussed in pakistan that it would be highly desirable to be in a position to withdraw as much as we can through the former soviet region including central asia and russia rather than having to go through pakistan. just very briefly on putin and medvedev, and i'm sure this will be a topic for more discussion during the questions. you know, we have at this point every reason to think that putin has been broadly supportive of medvedev's...
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pakistan relationship. we must make this relationship work. despite the killing of at osama bin laden, the fact is the threat from al qaeda and affiliate groups remains as dangerous as it did last friday. in fact, cia director panetta warned yesterday that terrorists almost certainly will attempt to avenge him, and we must remain vigilant and resolute. if anything, the threat is even more dangerous in the days and weeks ahead after his demise. this was most obvious last may when a pakistani born u.s. citizen trove and suv into times square and attempted to killed hundreds of people. he traveled to pakistan and received training from ttp. his attack was retribution for u.s. crowns in pakistan. retribution has been a driver of attacks in the past, and we must be on guard. i look forward to hearing from today's witnesses on the myriad of terrorist groups operating in pakistan and their intent and capability to strike the homeland for. these a wharf is in a continually evolving groups present huge challenges to
pakistan relationship. we must make this relationship work. despite the killing of at osama bin laden, the fact is the threat from al qaeda and affiliate groups remains as dangerous as it did last friday. in fact, cia director panetta warned yesterday that terrorists almost certainly will attempt to avenge him, and we must remain vigilant and resolute. if anything, the threat is even more dangerous in the days and weeks ahead after his demise. this was most obvious last may when a pakistani...
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but in pakistan. the third image is of young arabs in tunisia, e -- egypt, libya, and taking bullets to speak freely, and participate in deciding how they will be governed and hold their government accountable for the provisions of basic services and the possibility of a better life. the determination of those protesters in their millions to demand far more, even in desperately poor and hidden countries is exactly the attitude of responsibility and self-reliance that we hope to see among the people of afghanistan, but too often do not. indeed, many reports from the field describe a culture of dependence, corruption, and inflated expectations. as we rephrase, it's worth bearing those three images in mind, the things that connect them and the disjunctures between them. we seek a secure, stable, and self-reliant afghanistan that does not provide sanctuary for al qaeda, and that is a crossroads for increasingly prosperous and secure region. i disagree that afghanistan is a strategic distraction. it's a st
but in pakistan. the third image is of young arabs in tunisia, e -- egypt, libya, and taking bullets to speak freely, and participate in deciding how they will be governed and hold their government accountable for the provisions of basic services and the possibility of a better life. the determination of those protesters in their millions to demand far more, even in desperately poor and hidden countries is exactly the attitude of responsibility and self-reliance that we hope to see among the...
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cnn reported he sought a deal with pakistan in which he would not attack pakistan in exchange for protection. we do not know whot government was aware of bin laden's preps, but i am certain that some pakistan officials knew he was living in plain sight, not exactly the average house in an ordinary neighborhood. it stuck out like a sore thumb. it's difficult to determine how many groups operate out of pakistan, but we do know al-qaeda, the afghan taliban and the pakistani taliban and others use this country as a staging ground for attacks on u.s. troops to kill american citizens and terrorize countries throughout the world. for example, omar, the spiritual leader of the pal ban is -- taliban is believed to the in pakistan. others hiding in yemen, the equivalent of the bin laden of the internet. he provides spiritual guidance recruiting terrorists via youtube and facebook and inspired more than two dozen treasure plots at the united states in two years. the fort hood shooter e-mailed him on numerous occasions before killing 13 people including soldiers and wounding 30 others. abdul, the christ
cnn reported he sought a deal with pakistan in which he would not attack pakistan in exchange for protection. we do not know whot government was aware of bin laden's preps, but i am certain that some pakistan officials knew he was living in plain sight, not exactly the average house in an ordinary neighborhood. it stuck out like a sore thumb. it's difficult to determine how many groups operate out of pakistan, but we do know al-qaeda, the afghan taliban and the pakistani taliban and others use...
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it will be pakistan that saves pakistan if pakistan is to be saved or watches as pakistan is not save. we really have to be aware of what our limitations are. we can make a lot easier for members of the diaspora to send money to travel back and forth on the free exchange of people but ultimately this is something that is going to be in the hands of pakistanis there and here. agree with chris. we need more transparency. i often advocated a openly and above board double flaging the drones that this is a joint u.s./pakistani endeavour. neither u.s. nor pakistani officials have shown any appetite for that. >> let me just make two or three comments to cover what was asked. i think this relationship basically can be summed up by the phrase duplicity for all. everybody is lying and if the -- i am the biggest advocate. everything should be transparent. the problem is not only drones but everything should be transparent. things which are not in the country's own interests or u.s. or pakistan doing, i don't think we have an idea in that sense. the question about international trends was a good
it will be pakistan that saves pakistan if pakistan is to be saved or watches as pakistan is not save. we really have to be aware of what our limitations are. we can make a lot easier for members of the diaspora to send money to travel back and forth on the free exchange of people but ultimately this is something that is going to be in the hands of pakistanis there and here. agree with chris. we need more transparency. i often advocated a openly and above board double flaging the drones that...
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pakistan to make things even more complicated is a nuclear-armed state. so what we do is keep paying them, keep nagging at them and hope things will improve without any particular reason to believe that they will. >> with a hopeful note. yes, ma'am. right here. i agree with every word unfortunately. the argument has been made that our presence in the middle east is what creates the radicalism and extremism that you were referring to but you said that by protecting the world's oil sources of to us. can you be more specific about what we need to be doing there and comment on of that argument happened? >> the american presence in the middle east especially the military presence undoubtedly friends some of the people living in those countries. although it is also true that the place where that presence is largest, neely iraq is a place where on the one hand our presence is resented but on the other, a majority of iraqis if you believe the polls they don't want us to leave just yet. they want us to doherty eventually but not now. so in iraq at least the attitu
pakistan to make things even more complicated is a nuclear-armed state. so what we do is keep paying them, keep nagging at them and hope things will improve without any particular reason to believe that they will. >> with a hopeful note. yes, ma'am. right here. i agree with every word unfortunately. the argument has been made that our presence in the middle east is what creates the radicalism and extremism that you were referring to but you said that by protecting the world's oil sources...
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the same thing is going on with india and pakistan. i mean, one of the key elements in the conflict between india and pakistan -- which expresses itself as terrorism like the bombing in mumbai and pakistani intelligence agencies' support for the taliban in afghanistan -- pakistan using asymmetrical assets to counterrer india. that -- counter india. india sits on the head waters, the glaciers that are the headwaters of the basin from which pakistan gets 90% of its water, and it's one of the driest countries in the world. and as the glaciers melt more rapidly, india's building dams, and the political wing of lash car eye today i didn't believe by, one of their slogans now is water flows or blood. so sort of a related issue in terms of dams in central asia. >> hi. um, thank you for this book. i think it's a good addition to what we need to hear. my question is could you talk a little about the issue of fear versus education? what i mean by that is we still don't have leadership that's educating, certainly, americans as to what we face in
the same thing is going on with india and pakistan. i mean, one of the key elements in the conflict between india and pakistan -- which expresses itself as terrorism like the bombing in mumbai and pakistani intelligence agencies' support for the taliban in afghanistan -- pakistan using asymmetrical assets to counterrer india. that -- counter india. india sits on the head waters, the glaciers that are the headwaters of the basin from which pakistan gets 90% of its water, and it's one of the...
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pakistan in exchange for protection. at this point we do not know who in the pakistani government was aware of osama bin laden's presence. but i'm certain that some pakistan officials knew that he was living in plain sight. not exactly the average house in an ordinary neighborhood. it stuck out like a sore thumb. it is difficult to determine how many terrorist groups operate out of pakistan but we do know al qaeda, the afghan taliban and the pakistani taliban and other groups use this country as a staging ground for attacks on u.s. troops to kill american citizens and terrorize countries throughout the world. for example, mullah omar the spiritual leader of the taliban, is believed to be in pakistan. anwar al-awlaki is hiding in yemen. he is the equivalent of the bin laden of the internet. he provide spiritual guidance and recruits terrorists via youtube and facebook. hughes had inspired more than two dozen terror plots against the united states over the past two years. the portrait shootershooter, nidal hasan, e-mailed
pakistan in exchange for protection. at this point we do not know who in the pakistani government was aware of osama bin laden's presence. but i'm certain that some pakistan officials knew that he was living in plain sight. not exactly the average house in an ordinary neighborhood. it stuck out like a sore thumb. it is difficult to determine how many terrorist groups operate out of pakistan but we do know al qaeda, the afghan taliban and the pakistani taliban and other groups use this country...
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or the terrorist group which emanates out of pakistan but has a presence in india and nepal and bangladesh -- we're concerned how -- let me backtrack for a second. as you're aware the l.e.t. is responsible for the mumbai attacks where so many people lost their lives and so we're very concerned about that interaction that l.e.t. is having on india and the effect -- the compression effect you have between two nuclear powers when there is an attack from the l.e.t. so we're very concerned about that very much in the southeast asia. we're attempting to focus that not only in india but also in bangladesh and nepal to assure that we work on facilitation networks. and more importantly, how we address building the capacity of our partners to, in fact, address those internal issues so that they can secure their borders, so that they have developed networks for intelligence. they can develop intelligence on things that might be occurring inside of their country. and then also how they might, you know, law enforcement actual counterterrorism operations. so that's another line of our operation there. w
or the terrorist group which emanates out of pakistan but has a presence in india and nepal and bangladesh -- we're concerned how -- let me backtrack for a second. as you're aware the l.e.t. is responsible for the mumbai attacks where so many people lost their lives and so we're very concerned about that interaction that l.e.t. is having on india and the effect -- the compression effect you have between two nuclear powers when there is an attack from the l.e.t. so we're very concerned about...
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we can't afford to throw pakistan over the side. we've got a lot of friends in pakistan. there are also obviously elements that are not friendly to the united states. i think we did pretty good relationship when we went with musharraf, but, of course, he's a longer there. he has threatened if he returns, he's not likely to return. and i think their government is weak. i think their intelligence service is of mixed opinion in terms of their approach, but even as painful, as difficult as it is i think it would be irresponsible for us at this stage to pull the plug on that relationship, or to satisfy some of political yearning to back them up alongside the head. because that's likely to be, it's already been again a major source of the liberation to north korea with respect to nuclear capabilities. >> i'm going to give the final word to editor in chief, robert thompson. >> vice president cheney, thank you very much. if you could hold your formation. i would also like to thank again seven samurai, the sponsors, the cme group, intel, let no vote, particularly bonobo. i have to
we can't afford to throw pakistan over the side. we've got a lot of friends in pakistan. there are also obviously elements that are not friendly to the united states. i think we did pretty good relationship when we went with musharraf, but, of course, he's a longer there. he has threatened if he returns, he's not likely to return. and i think their government is weak. i think their intelligence service is of mixed opinion in terms of their approach, but even as painful, as difficult as it is i...
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it's killing a thousand women in pakistan a year in honor killings. it's killing at least 5,000 women in the world that way, and that's terrible but much worse than that, i think, is millions of women are terrorized. so the dead woman are only a small proportion of the victims. and payoff our times -- because of our time it is not a muslim practice, it is condemned by islam, it is condemned by scholars in cairo, it's condemned by a fatwa of 40 pakistani religious leaders, it's not a muslim practice and, indeed, in south asia it's carried out by hindus and, indeed, in the mediterranean world in the 19th century it was done by christians. so it's a pre-christian, pre-muslim practice which survived in some places. of course, there are or large parts of the muslim world where it doesn't happen at all. it doesn't happen in indonesia. so i don't want to say -- it's not a muslim practice. that's important to my argument. first, there's an internal tension in the motion of honor that leads to honor killing. the notion of honor that leads to honor killing asso
it's killing a thousand women in pakistan a year in honor killings. it's killing at least 5,000 women in the world that way, and that's terrible but much worse than that, i think, is millions of women are terrorized. so the dead woman are only a small proportion of the victims. and payoff our times -- because of our time it is not a muslim practice, it is condemned by islam, it is condemned by scholars in cairo, it's condemned by a fatwa of 40 pakistani religious leaders, it's not a muslim...
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the culture in pakistan is different from the culture in iran and the arab culture. there's not one arab people but arab peoples. the culture is different from north africa and the arabian peninsula. not only the language but we need to understand the cultural context of what is happening. today al qaeda is a different organization than it used to be on september 11th. i talk about how the organization evolve prior to september 11th from the 80s to the soviet jihad. until the first gulf war when bin laden moved to sudan it was a different organization that bin laden and al qaeda moved and created a different structure of al qaeda network. today al qaeda is different after 9/11. is not the chief operator anymore. it is more the chief motivator. you have many networks working around the world. you have al qaeda mostly in algeria -- that region. we have started seeing connections between them and nigeria. we have al qaeda in iraq working on the sectarian divide between sunni and shiite to get funding to make itself relevant. you have al qaeda in the arabian peninsula wh
the culture in pakistan is different from the culture in iran and the arab culture. there's not one arab people but arab peoples. the culture is different from north africa and the arabian peninsula. not only the language but we need to understand the cultural context of what is happening. today al qaeda is a different organization than it used to be on september 11th. i talk about how the organization evolve prior to september 11th from the 80s to the soviet jihad. until the first gulf war...
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the pakistan army, pakistan intelligence, etc.. the taliban are considered an asset and i must say again, these are long arguments. pakistan does not consider taliban to be an asset because the taliban has no chance whatsoever to return to the position of the pre-9/11 situation. they would not be able to return to kabul. but taliban and the pashtuns were part of the political landscape. they simply cannot be washed away. and there are many of them coming to our areas we have still more than 3 million, some of them more than 4 million refugees and they reach the population in the bordering regions. anyway, so i will mention about the aid and assistance. there are these accusations and the part of the u.s.. there is dealing pakistan is not delivering. but, on the pakistan side, even those who favor and who are convinced that there has to be a close relationship and cooperation between pakistan and the united states, they feel that the united states or the americans generally are not appreciated the complexities of the problems pakist
the pakistan army, pakistan intelligence, etc.. the taliban are considered an asset and i must say again, these are long arguments. pakistan does not consider taliban to be an asset because the taliban has no chance whatsoever to return to the position of the pre-9/11 situation. they would not be able to return to kabul. but taliban and the pashtuns were part of the political landscape. they simply cannot be washed away. and there are many of them coming to our areas we have still more than 3...
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pakistan's mother terrie, cross swords, pakistan, its army and the war within. second speaker is arturo munoz senior research scientist at the rand corporation and prior to that he was for 29 years in the cia both the director of operations and the directorate of intelligence and responsible for planning and implementing programs on counterterrorism, counter insurgency and counternarcotics. the third speaker is karen deyoung, senior diplomatic correspondent and associate editor of "the washington post" and directed the post award winning coverage of the white house, the congress and foreign news operations, and as mentioned, she wrote a really fantastic piece in the post over the weekend regarding the activities or the devotee of insurgent groups to vacate bombing making facilities after they had been informed after the pakistan authorities had been informed of the location of these facilities. my name is walter andersen and next year i'm going to be heading the south asia program here. now most of you have come here to get answers to important questions regardi
pakistan's mother terrie, cross swords, pakistan, its army and the war within. second speaker is arturo munoz senior research scientist at the rand corporation and prior to that he was for 29 years in the cia both the director of operations and the directorate of intelligence and responsible for planning and implementing programs on counterterrorism, counter insurgency and counternarcotics. the third speaker is karen deyoung, senior diplomatic correspondent and associate editor of "the...
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recently, pakistan announced the capture with u.s. assistance of unis who planned attacks against the interest of the united states and other countries. last month, al-qaeda lost its second in command, senior operational coordinator. that followed the death in june of senior operational commander, and the organization is struggling to find qualified replacements. these set backs have shaken al-qaeda's sense of security in pakistan's tribal areas driving the remaining leaders underground to various degrees and shifting a good bit of attention from terrorist plotting to security and survival. in fact, some mid level leaders and file members seek safe haven across the border in afghanistan or decide to leave south asia. some other senior leaders may assess it is riskier to move and remain in pakistan's tribal areas where trusted facilitators offer limited freedom of movement, but where their security will still be threatened. the upshot is it's more difficult for al-qaeda to atrack jew hads wanting -- jihads wanting to travel to pakistan
recently, pakistan announced the capture with u.s. assistance of unis who planned attacks against the interest of the united states and other countries. last month, al-qaeda lost its second in command, senior operational coordinator. that followed the death in june of senior operational commander, and the organization is struggling to find qualified replacements. these set backs have shaken al-qaeda's sense of security in pakistan's tribal areas driving the remaining leaders underground to...
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one on food policy and its relationship to the middle east, and another on pakistan. very timely topics. the title is timely books for changing times. and that's plenty from me. i want everybody here and watching on tv at home to go to the web site, www.justworldbooks.com and check out as our new titles come out on a timely basis, thank you. >> don't forget to buy them when you check them out. i'm going to introduce our three distinguished authors in the order in which they're going to speak. they'll each speak briefly, and then we'll try to have as much time as possible for you to enter act with the authors. i know there are lots of questions they will raise and certainly having read each of these books, they raise lots and lots of questions, and even answered some, whiches even better. our first speaker will be ambassador chas for example. chas has had an extremely distinguished career as an american diplomat. he is now out of that role and is able to say, really, what he thinks. although i rather think when he was diplomat he did as well. i know him best as -- in h
one on food policy and its relationship to the middle east, and another on pakistan. very timely topics. the title is timely books for changing times. and that's plenty from me. i want everybody here and watching on tv at home to go to the web site, www.justworldbooks.com and check out as our new titles come out on a timely basis, thank you. >> don't forget to buy them when you check them out. i'm going to introduce our three distinguished authors in the order in which they're going to...
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he made it in pakistan and his speech is one of the founding documents in pakistan. it is maybe the greatest single struggle the country faces as to whether it can live up to that, live up to that promise. .. because they wanted to use them as instruments. it allowed them to get their clutches into society. we are not talking about huge numbers of people but they are able to do a lot of damage. >> india was left with a substantial muslim population. the rupture between these countries created one of the largest muslim countries in the world, pakistan. and the second largest muslim country in the world is india. more muslims in india than pakistan. this creates a lingering fault line between predominant religious hinduism and muslims. power is that being played out and where do you think is going? >> it is tremendously diverse. this is true of hinduism and islam and christianity and pretty much all religions. always a wide range of practices from the conservative to what might call sufi that are overlapping that take from these things. this is true in bangladesh. when
he made it in pakistan and his speech is one of the founding documents in pakistan. it is maybe the greatest single struggle the country faces as to whether it can live up to that, live up to that promise. .. because they wanted to use them as instruments. it allowed them to get their clutches into society. we are not talking about huge numbers of people but they are able to do a lot of damage. >> india was left with a substantial muslim population. the rupture between these countries...